Sisters Rose and Alice Philippon dreamed of directing films together since childhood. Rose graduated from La Fémis film school in the screenplay department, Alice studied photography at the Louis Lumière National School. Besides writing screenplays, Rose also wrote a novel for teenagers, La fugue d’Alexandre Raimbaud, published by Helium. Alice spent several years working in photography, notably with photographer Dominique Issermann. Les Bêtises is their first feature film. The screenplay was awarded the 2012 Sopadin Junior Prize – Arlequin Prize for Best Screenplay.